slim

	a slim figure/body/waist 苗条的体形╱身材；纤细的腰肢
	She was tall and slim. 她是个瘦高个儿。
	How do you manage to stay so slim? 你是怎样把身材保持得这么苗条的？
	Many companies are a lot slimmer than they used to be(= have fewer workers) . 许多公司的员工比过去少多了。

2.	单薄的thinner than usual

a slim volume of poetry

一本薄薄的诗集

3.	微薄的；不足的；少的；小的not as big as you would like or expect

	a slim chance of success 成功的可能性不大
	The party was returned to power with a slim majority . 该党以微弱多数重新上台。

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1.	[i] （靠节食等）变苗条，减肥to try to become thinner, for example by eating less

You can still eat breakfast when you are slimming.

你减肥也可以吃早饭嘛！

1.	[u] （非洲用语）艾滋病an African word for AIDS